Linderhof

Gardening, Cooking and Decorating on the Prairie of Kansas

Welcome to Linderhof, our 1920's home on the prairie, where there's usually something in the oven, flowers in the garden for tabletops and herbs in the garden for cooking. Where, when company comes, the teapot is always on and there are cookies and cakes to share in the larder.

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Girl Scout Cookies for Tea

When I was in Grade School,

I joined the

Well, actually, I was young enough to be in the junior organization,

the

Bluebirds

In front of my house in my bluebird uniform,

navy skirt, red vest and a blue hat with a bluebird on it

Then, when I was old enough, we were allowed to graduate to

Same leaders, same group of friends

Same blue skirt

But we also got a vest

and the beads that we earned were sewn onto the vest

I'm not sure what any of the beads were for

But perhaps my Campfire Girls Book would tell me

And when we were Campfire Girls, we got to sell

Candy!

Russell Stover Candy

(probably $1 per box)

All the relatives bought a box and I went door to door and sold more

I was never the top salesperson for my group,

But my parents did buy a few boxes so we all got to enjoy the chocolates.

I'm not sure if there were brownie scouts/girl scouts in my school

But it seems that all of the girls belonged to the Blue Birds/Campfire Girls

We would also wear our uniforms to school on meeting days.

It was a badge of honor to belong to the organization

and every day you would see Blue Birds or Campfire girls on the playground

In our little town when Daughter Sarah was small there were not

any Bluebird/Campfire Girls but perhaps that's because they weren't

"Bluebirds" anymore or Campfire "Girls" because it became co-ed

by the time Sarah was eligible to join

However, in our little town, there were Scouts

And so, Sarah joined The Brownies

The scouting group for little girls

(although while Sarah was in Brownies, they also added The Daisies -- for even littler girls)

3 comments:

I don't think that the Girl Guides sell shortbread cookies here - just the traditional vanilla and chocolate with icing in the middle and the mint cookies. I was a Brownie and a Guide, and then when my daughter was old enough I was a Spark Leader, A Brown Owl and then a Guide Leader. It is a wonderful organisation and I am sorry that it has gone co-ed. I thought it was a wonderful place for the girls to stretch themselves and try new and difficult things without the distraction of boys....or the competition.

My granddaughters sell Girl Scout cookies now, so I bought Samosas and Thin Mints for my son. My grandson is a Boy Scout and I buy popcorn for soldiers overseas when he is selling it. I've been a brownie, a girl scout and a leader for four years, myself. But I always wanted to know more about those Camp Fire Girls. I'd heard of them, but there weren't any troups near us as far as I knew.

Loved seeing your campfire vest because it reminds me of something that happened to me. Since I grew up in rural Kansas, we had 4-H clubs, but not Camp Fire or Girl Scouts, so I didn't know about their traditions. And when I saw a box of pretty beads at a garage sale--I was an adult by then--I happily bought them and used them to make a Christmas necklace, back when those were all the rage. Imagine my embarrassment when an older women grabbed that necklace and told me--or rather scolded me--that I shouldn't be wearing those beads because they were Camp Fire beads. I had no clue, but I never wore that necklace again!!